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Pitch hire rise forces sports club to reduce its sessions

11:40pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

PITCH hire increases have forced a sports club to cut back on training sessions.

3 illegal immigrants arrested at rail station

7:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

THREE illegal immigrants have been arrested after being discovered working at Colchester’s North Station.

Plug pulled on drive-in movies plan

1:51pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

PLANS to open a new drive-in cinema in north Essex have broken down.

Traveller site gets lease, but it has no permission

6:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

Colchester Council has agreed to lease land for a travellers’ site off Severalls Lane, even though there is no planning permission for one to exist.

Cut-out cops scheme no help in tackling crime

5:30pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A POLICE scheme which used cardboard cutout policemen to try to prevent crime has been scrapped – partly because they kept getting stolen.

Living memorial to hero soldier Scott

Lance Corporal Scott Hardy

1:40pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A LIVING memorial has been unveiled to a much-loved soldier who was killed in Afghanistan.

Council tax demand on dead man’s house

4:20pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A SON has hit out at a council for threatening him with court action over a tax bill for his dead father’s house – even though he does not yet own it.

Police praise public over drug tip-offs

Drug bust – PCs Dex Adams and Tom Raes find cannabis in Hesper Road, Colchester, last month

3:20pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

POLICE have found an increasing number of drugs factories thanks to tip-offs from residents, a new report claims.

Mini Federer needs sponsors

3:20pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

A five-year-old tennis ace is seeking a sponsor to support his training.

Explore north Essex's hidden heritage

Free rides – Ali Naylor, Dick Barton and Ann Turner, of Colchester Tour Guides, beside the 1939 double decker which will ferry people around Colchester

2:24pm Thursday 2nd September 2010

HISTORY buffs are invited to explore Colchester’s hidden Heritage as part of a special event.






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